Northshore Healthbeat

In just four years the nonprofit St Tammany Health Foundation has led the way in its efforts to transform healthcare for patients on the Northshore with Autism. We sat down with foundation Executive Director Nicole Suhre and Board of Trustees member Sunny McDaniel to talk about their work in the autism arena, and why it is so profound for patients with autism and those who love them. 

Fans of the New Orleans Saints likely remember Rich Mauti from his playing days, but since hanging up his cleats, he has worked tirelessly to support local cancer causes - including a recent gift to St. Tammany Health System that is being called transformational when it comes to lung cancer. He joins us to talk about why the cause is so personal to him and what he hopes his advocacy work accomplishes.  

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so we sit down with two experts on the matter- gastroenterologist Dr. Brandon Brousse and family medicine specialist Dr. Maria Roberts - about ways to take control of your gut health, as well as signs that it might be time to have a deeper conversation with your primary care physician. 

Just three months after the founding of St Tammany Parish Hospital in 1954, the all-volunteer St Tammany Hospital Guild was created to help it in its healing mission. Now, 70 years later, we sit down with some of its current members to talk about the organization and why they choose to donate their time to it. 

Well, we did it. Together we have put a bow on 2024, but there's no time to rest. As busy as the past 12 months have been, the new year is shaping up to be just as busy at St. Tammany Health System as President and CEO Joan Coffman tells us in our first episode of 2025. 

It is the diagnosis nobody wants to hear, but the truth is that diabetes can be managed, if you know how! Amy and Mike talked to STPSO Deputy Mark Christman about his diabetes journey and how the STHS's Diabetes Education Department has help put him on track to continue living his best life. 

It's the holiday season, and you know what that means: parties, potent potables and packing on the pounds. But what about those health minded revelers hoping to curb the season's excesses? St Tammany Health System clinical dieticians Sarah Brignac and Jessica Greer join Mike and Tim to judge our first ever mocktail contest, featuring recipes submitted by our health system colleagues. 

We're talking about the holidays for a good reason. It is almost Thanksgiving, which means Black Friday, which means the holiday shopping season is officially in full swing. If you've got little ones on your list, you'll want to listen to this episode because our St Tammany Parenting Center and the parenting experts there have pulled together their annual toy gift guide, and we unveil it for you in this episode. 

For Megan Broussard, early detection in lung cancer is not only her job, it is her vocation in life. Megan's vision brought St Tammany United in Lung Health--The Power of Pearl, to life. And for Caitlin Hunter, it's personal. Megan and Caitlin share why this cause is so close to their hearts, and how you can share in this month rich in resources for early detection and education. 

You know already that St Tammany Health System is the Northshore's premier destination for maternity care. You also know its St Tammany Pediatrics practice is the best place to go for expert pediatric care. But what happens when your little ones have an emergency? Local mother of three Sarah Montgomery learned the answer the hard way. She joins Tim and Mike to tell her story. 

Anne Pablovich is a busy woman, especially now. As a point person for St Tammany Health System's third annual breast cancer awareness campaign, which continues all October, she's putting serious mileage on the Be Well Bus, which will be crisscrossing the the community and offering mammograms to whoever needs one. It's exhausting work, but it's also all for a good cause, as Anne and Nicole tell us in our latest episode. 

You wouldn't want your football team to go without a signal caller. Your healthcare team is much the same, which is why having a primary care physician is so important, especially for women. In this episode we dive into the primary care playbook --- and strain the football metaphor to its limits --- with MVP level help from Dr. Karmynah Helaire and Dr. Victoria Blossman. 

Often, there's more to healthcare than treating a patient's physical ailments. St Tammany Health System Chaplain Dana Trahan and NAMI SE Louisiana Executive Director Nick Richard join us this episode for a closer look at the role of mental health and spiritual care in the healing journey. 

It's football season -- which in South Louisiana means it's also tailgating season. But what's a health conscious person to do in the face of myriad nutritional pitfalls that come with fandom? In this episode St Tammany Health System Clinical Dieticians Sarah Brignac and Jessica Greer huddle up with Mike and Tim to game-plan suggestions for feeding our appetites for good football and good health all at once. 

It is a sad but true fact, children do not come with an instruction manual. Luckily, we've got the next best thing, as we sit down with Dr. Seth McVea - one of the kid experts at St Tammany Health System's newly opened St Tammany Perdiatrics and Express Care Kids Clinic in Mandeville - to answer listeners' questions and discuss all things pediatrics. 

Men are unique creatures, and in more ways than one. In recognition of that undeniable fact, and in recognition of June as Men's Health Month, Tim and Mike sat down with Dr. Michael K. Hill for some manly talk about men's health needs - including those screenings nobody seems to want to discuss. (You know what we're talking about.)